I made myself a big salad for lunch and lunched at my desk while I figured out the distribution of those 224 Bead-on-a-String blocks. If you made Bead Blocks, you should have email from me with the mailing info. If not, let me know ASAP and I’ll resend it to you individually. Please take a quick look at the sheet to make sure the number of blocks I have attributed to you is correct.  Let me know ASAP if I made an error in your information...

In February,  we are making a big 14-inch square (finished size) Star Chain block using your choice of 2 or 3-color combinations including green. This is one of mine. The block pattern directions are here: Star Chain Block Directions Because these are big blocks, a couple things are a little different than usual this month: You can make a maximum of FOUR blocks for chances in the drawing at the end of the month.  As always, if you like, you can...

February 2014 – Bead on a String In February 36 quilters made 224 Bead on a Strip blocks, made from black, white and your choice of two: yellow, orange and maroon–a color-way suggested by Debbie. These blocks were won by Marie, Debbie, Ginny, Tracy and Debra. Here are the details for the month. Guidelines for February are here: Bead on a String is the February Block Tips for making this block are here: More Tips for Making the Bead on a String...

Random.org has chosen the winners of the Bead-on-a-String blocks in this order: Marie (48 blocks) Debbie (48 blocks) Ginny (48 blocks) Tracy  (48 blocks) Debra (32 blocks) Debbie and Tracy are both first time winners–Tracy made her first block last month and Debbie has been making blocks for years.  (Thank you random.org … this one was a long time in coming.) Marie is the lucky girl who has won 2 months in a row! Congrats to all of you....

There has been an update to this plug-in for the site (that was working so well until it stopped some of you from logging in) and so I’ve turned it back on to see if whatever was causing that specific problem for us has been resolved. I didn’t realize how many spam registrations it was stopping until I turned it off a few days ago … If anyone has problems logging into the site, please be sure to email me and let me know...

If you have made and posted Bead-on-String blocks this month, you should have received email from me with the March Sneak Peek look at next month’s block and related information for the Mod-Mod Quilt-Along.  If you should have received the Sneak Peek, but didn’t, let me know ASAP. This is also a good time for everyone who has made blocks, to click over to the At-a-Glance page to check that the information I have for you is correct....

A couple people have let me know that the Stop Spammer Registration plug-in was blocking them from logging in.  If you have also been unable to login, I have disabled this self-described aggressive spam plugin that is supposed to prevent spam registrations, logins and comments.  It had been working beautifully, but in the last few days has become, perhaps, a little too aggressive for us. Anyone with an account should be able to login now. The...

The Rafflecopter spit out a winner this morning and she is: Caroline (Quiltermomma1). Caroline said she plans to use the blocks to make a baby quilt for her chiropractors.  I can’t wait to see it. Congratulations, Caroline!

This month, we add Bead-on-a-String blocks to our quilts. (For those who are still sitting on the fence, I’ve included last month’s Double Chevron Blocks, too. ) Small Crib Throw Twin F/Q King Bead-on-a-String 3 6 7 10 13 17 Double Chevron Blocks 1 2 3 4 6 8 You will notice in the layouts that these blocks often appear three-in-a-row in the quilts, but sometimes appear on their own. Because the only guidelines for the blocks for...

In February,  we are making a 7-inch square (finished size) Bead on a String block using white (a solid or white-on-white print) for the background, black (solid, black-on black or white-on black prints) for the string and two fabrics (solid, tone-on-tone or multicolor prints) of your choice of yellow, orange or maroon for the bead.  Ellen made this one. The block pattern directions are here: Bead on a String Quilt Block Directions The tips...

If you made blocks in January, you should have email from me with winners names and addresses and a chart which shows how many of your blocks you should send to which winners. If you didn’t receive the email or did and found errors, please let me know ASAP. Please be sure to mail to the correct winners.  We have winners on three continents this month and if you accidentally send it to the wrong person, you envelope could end up making an...

The block for January was a 7-inch by 14-inch (finished size) Double Chevron block, made from 2 fabrics, white plus a purple, gray or brown of the quilter’s choice. We made a total of 256 blocks which were won by 7 lucky quilters: Madison, Jude, Marie, Karen, Peggy, Shelley and Kate. Guidelines for the January 2014 Block Lotto are here: 2014 Begins with Double Chevrons The maximum number of blocks you can make and enter for chances in the...